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Fragmentation vs Multifragmentation - What's the difference?

fragmentation | multifragmentation |

As nouns the difference between fragmentation and multifragmentation

is that fragmentation is the act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration while multifragmentation is (physics) multiple fragmentation, especially of atomic nuclei during spallation.

fragmentation

English

(wikipedia fragmentation)

Noun

  • The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
  • The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
  • (computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
  • (computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

    • Synonyms

    * fragmentization

    Antonyms

    * defragmentation

    multifragmentation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (physics) multiple fragmentation, especially of atomic nuclei during spallation